Telephone receiver attachment



C. A. WOLF TELEPHONE RECEIVER ATTACHMENT April 13 1926.

Filed March '7, 1923 zrsusasl INVENTOR CZzf/ard. 76' M 5 m A l M A TTORNE Y Patented Apr. 13, 1926.

UNITED STATES 1,580,938 PATENT OFFICE.

CLIFFORD A. WOLF, OF NEW ROCHELLE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OE ONE-HALE TO MARK A. MONASH, OF NEW ROCHELLE, NEW YORK.

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Application filed March 7, 1923. Serial No. 623,341.

To all whom it may concern:

Be-it known that I, CLIFFORD A. WOLF, a citizen of the United States, and resident of New Rochelle,.in the county of Westchester and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in 'Telephone Receiver Attachments, of which the following is a full, clear, and concise descri tion.

y invention relates to telephone receiver attachments, and more particularly to devices of this general character such as are adapted to be mounted directly upon and carried by the receiver, for the purpose of increasing the utility thereof.

More particularly stated, I seek to provide the receiver with an attachment in the form of a clip, made of sheet material, preferably metal, and provided with means for holding it firmly upon the receive-r without the aid of screws or analogous fastenings, the attachment being further provided with anchor members for'engaging the shoulder ofthe person using the telephone, the construction and arrangement of the attachment being such that by its aid a person can keep the receiver applied to his ear while having the free use of both hands.

My invention further contem lates the provision of parts carried by t e attachment for preventing abrasion of the receiver by the use of the attachment thereupon.

Reference is made to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, and in which like reference characters indicate like parts throughout the several figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a telephone receiver provided with my improved attachment, and indicating the manner in which the same is used.

Figure 2 is a side elevation. of the receiver, carrying the attachment.

Figure 3 is a plan view of my improved attachment, certain parts being broken away.

The receiver appears at 4, and may be of the usual or any ordinary construction. It carries a cap 5, provided with a facing 6. The receiver is further provided with an annular bead 7, located at its smaller endthat is, at its end opposite the cap 5.

My attachment appears in Figure 3. A clip 8 is made of sheet material, in this instance metal, though it can well be made of celluloid, hard rubber, commercialfiber, or practically any material suitable formaking small articles of this general character. The clip 8 is provided with a centrally disposed opening 9, and. with two fingers 10 and 11, bounding opposite sides of this opening. The clip is also provided with three ears 12, 13 and 14, integral with'it, the clip and these three cars being so formed that the ears may be slipped over the bead 7, so as to hold the olipfirmly upon the adjacent ends of the tele hone receiver, as may be understood from igures 1 and 2. The clip is further provided with two fingers 15 and 16, disposed upon opposite sides of the car 14. 1 These fingers extend practically straight out from the center of the clip, and diverge slightly. They carry thimbles 17 and 18 of soft rubber. The ear 14 also carries arubber thimble 14". These thimbles may be cut from rubber tubing, and are simply slipped over andtightly fitted upon the end portions of the fingers and the ear 14. The purpose ofthe thimbles 17 and 18 is to adapt the end portions of the fingers 15 and 16 for gripping the garment upon which they are rested, and particularly the operators shoulder or the garment covering the same, as may be understood from Figure 1. The purpose of the thimble 14 is to strengthen the grip of the clip upon the receiver, and also to prevent abrasion of the receiver by use of the clip. All parts of the clip 8 except the thimbles 14, 17 and 18 are integral with ea h other. The thimbles are detachable, and therefore replaceable. The receiver 4 is provided with a double cord 19, or other appropriate conductor of electricity, in the manner well understood in this art.

' In practice the receiver may be supported as indicated in Figure 1. The facing 6 is pressed against the operators ear 20, the. lower ends of the fingers, with their thimbles, engaging and gripping the garment shoulder 21.

The operation of my device may be readily understood from the foregoing description. The clip 18 is secured upon the receiver 'as above described. This done, the receiver is manipulated in the usual manner, being applied to the ear or hun upon the switch hook. When applied to t e'ear it is held by the hand so long as the rson using the telephone prefers to so hold it.

In the event, however, that he wishes to have the full use of both hands and at the same time to keep the receiver pressed against his ear, he simply presses his head sidewise against the receiver, so as to cause the lower ends of the fingers 15 and 16 to make a firm engagement with the persons shoulder 21. With a little practice the person using the telephone can instantly remove his hand from the receiver and yet leave the receiver supported firmly and securely in position, .so that the facing 6 of the receiver is maintained firmly pressed against the persons ear.

The thimbles 14*, .17 and 18, though desirable, are not in every instance essential and may. be omitted by simply pulling them off. lVhen worn out or damaged, they can be replaced by new ones. \Vhen the clip as a whole is damaged or worn out, it can be 'removed and replaced by a new one. The clip when in use may be temporarily taken off and afterward replaced.

The single metallic member 8, constituting the body of 'the clip may be struck up, punched, pressed or otherwise formed from a sheet of steel or other appropriate metal.

The opening 9 is of such form and size that the clip as a whole does not interfere with the use 'of any binding posts with which the receiver may be provided.

I do not limit myself to the use of any particular metal, or indeed to the use of any particular sheet material, to be used in the manufacture of the clip. Neither do limit myself to the precise form and arrangementof the various parts here shown and described, as variations may be madetherein without departing from my invention, the scope of which is commensurate with my claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is as follows:

1. The combination of a telephone receiver provided at one of its ends with an enlarged portion formed into an annular head, and a. clip made in a single integral piece of sheet metal and provided with three cars spaced apart and fashioned to fit upon said annular bead of said telephone receiver so as to hold said clip abutting the end of the receiver, said clip being further provided with a plurality of fingers extending from it and spaced apart, and thimbles mounted upon said fingers.

2. The combination of a telephone receiver provided with an enlarged end portion formed into an annular bead, and a clip for engaging said telephone receiver, said clip being provided with a plurality of cars integral with it and spaced apart, said ears being fashioned to fit upon said annular bead to support the clip ina position to abut the end of the telephone receiver, said clip being further provided with fingers ex- 

